Noel - Laura Jean

Born a star

on evening’s hearth

We watched it rise into the dark

Born a fool

I stumbled aft'

We watched your path, we guarded fast

Foot followed foot

breath after breath

We marked the time, we lay ahead

Then hunger gnawed

and deserts swam

You did not prepare, lost lamb

As I slowed

the star did fade

Your curses heard, we did not forsake you

As my body joined the ground

I saw you gathered all around

I asked you why you let me fail

to see what lay beneath that starry tail

Before we could say but a word

your spirit rose above the earth

You did not think to look back down

after glimpsing what glory abounds

the universe